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Texas Transportation Code - Section 251.161. Violations Of Subchapter; Offense

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§ 251.161. VIOLATIONS OF SUBCHAPTER;  OFFENSE.  (a) A 
person commits a misdemeanor offense if the person:
		(1)  stops, stands, or parks a vehicle in violation of a 
restriction stated on a sign installed under Section 251.156;
		(2)  defaces, injures, knocks down, or removes a sign 
or traffic control device installed under an order of the 
commissioners court of a county issued under this subchapter;
		(3)  operates a motor vehicle in violation of an order 
of the commissioners court entered under this subchapter;  or
		(4)  otherwise violates this subchapter.                                      
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an 
offense under this section is punishable by a fine not to exceed 
$50.
	(c)  If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this 
section that the person has previously been convicted one time of 
the offense, the offense is punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.
	(d)  If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this 
section that the person has previously been convicted two times of 
the offense, the offense is punishable by:
		(1)  a fine not to exceed $500;                                               
		(2)  confinement in the county jail for a term not to 
exceed 60 days;  or   
		(3)  both the fine and the confinement.                                       

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    

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